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Sometimes You Win
Studio album by
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
ReleasedOctober 5, 1979
RecordedMarch–July 1979
StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama; The Sound Lab, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry rock, soft rock[1]
Length32:31
LabelCapitol
ProducerRon Haffkine
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show chronology
Pleasure and Pain
(1978) 		Sometimes You Win
(1979) 		Rising
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Sometimes You Win is the eighth studio album by Dr. Hook.

The album contains three of the band's most commercially successful singles: "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (also included on their previous album Pleasure and Pain), "Better Love Next Time" and "Sexy Eyes."

Track listing

  1. "Better Love Next Time" (Johnny Slate, Larry Keith, Steve Pippin) – 2:59
  2. "In Over My Head" (Dan Tyler, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens) – 3:40
  3. "Sexy Eyes" (Bob Mather, Chris Waters, Keith Stegall) – 3:30
  4. "Oh! Jesse" (Sam Weedman) – 2:54
  5. "Years From Now" (Charles Cochran, Roger Cook) – 3:14
  6. "I Don't Feel Much Like Smilin'" (Dennis Locorriere, Ray Sawyer) - 2:41
  7. "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (Even Stevens) - 3:00
  8. "What Do You Want?" (Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens) – 3:08
  9. "Love Monster" (Sam Weedman) – 3:10
  10. "Mountain Mary" (Ray Sawyer, Shel Silverstein) – 2:37
  11. "Help Me Mama" (Ray Sawyer, Shel Silverstein) – 4:02

Personnel

Dr. Hook
  • Ray Sawyer - Guitar, Vocals
  • Dennis Locorriere - Guitar, Vocals
  • Billy Francis - Keyboards, Vocals
  • John Wolters - Drums, Vocals
  • Rik Elswit - Guitar, Vocals
  • Jance Garfat - Bass
  • Bob "Willard" Henke - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Additional musicians

Production

  • Pat Holt - Engineer
  • James Cotton - Engineer
  • Michael Kanarek - front cover design and illustration

Charts

Year Chart Peak
position
1979 Australia Kent Music Report[3] 50
Billboard 200[4] 71

References

  1. ^ "Sometimes You Win - Dr. Hook | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ Billboard Charts - Dr. Hook - Sometimes You Win
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